Day 8: The return trip

The trip home went quite well.  It was fun to drive all the way across the island again, eat Jamaican Patties in the airport, and then see beautiful views of the Caribbean out the window. 

Now that we're back in Boston, our work turns to writing a report that incorporates the data we collected.  We will present our data in conjunction with the data from previous field trips and summarize our recommendations for future groundwater searches.  The report will also be sent to the Water Resources Management Agency (WMRA) in Saint Lucia as a reference for their future work.    

Yes, we were technically in Saint Lucia for a class project.  But the more important part of this experience is that we contributed to a much larger effort.  We became part of a team which will eventually find a solution for a real-world problem.  And our results, even though they don't point us to the absolute best place to drill in the Roseau Valley yet, will help with the long-term search for ground water in the area. 

Our whole team is shown below:

Group picture outside of the WRMA.  The people in the photo are from MIT, Harvard, and the Water Resources Management Agency of Saint Lucia. Photo credit: KMK.